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  1. 3g 4g free wifi on Taking Telecommuting To the Next Level - the RV · · Score: 1

    This is an easy issue to get around. Many RV camps provide free wifi. Get a long distance wifi antenna ($100 will get you a top of the line model).

    A 4g (3g will work if all you need is ssh) tether will be fine as well.

    Bigger issue is if they want you to come in for meetings occasionally with little notice.

  2. This has already been done on Google Patents Software To Identify Real-World Objects In Videos · · Score: 1

    A patent search will not turn up this patent. This particular patent holder can retroactively exercise their patent rights. They are the only patent hold that can do this.

  3. An extract recipe? on Ale To the Chief: White House Releases Beer Recipe · · Score: 1

    How very noob.

  4. Re:focus on The Truth About Hiring "Rock Star" Developers · · Score: 1

    So basically you are saying that HR should be screening applicants for ADHD?

  5. Since we are using cliche analogies... on The Truth About Hiring "Rock Star" Developers · · Score: 1

    ...I would rather hire a classically trained pianist.

  6. I hear Gattaca Corporation is hiring on Genetically Engineering Babies a Moral Obligation, Says Ethicist · · Score: 1

    The interview is very short, but it's a real pisser to pass.

  7. Re:Hey NASA, idea: on US Astronomy Facing Severe Budget Cuts and Facility Closures · · Score: 1

    Last I checked there was still a war on.

    While I served in Iraq and never have stepped foot in Afghanistan... I suspect those who have would take umbrage with your stated position.

  8. Re:Hey NASA, idea: on US Astronomy Facing Severe Budget Cuts and Facility Closures · · Score: 1

    Better idea: vote.

  9. Re:cop's wife on The Rapid Rise of License Plate Readers · · Score: 1

    It would be a huge suprise if this system didnlog log accesses and provide an audit trail.

  10. Re:If you car is stolen on The Rapid Rise of License Plate Readers · · Score: 1

    Probably a vagrant slept in the car. Or maybe just used it as a toilet and moved on.

  11. Re:NASA's so called Budget on House Representatives Working On NASA Reform Bill · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Somehow the cost of the war(s) are not considered part of the military budget.

    Interesting dodge, that.

  12. NASA's so called Budget on House Representatives Working On NASA Reform Bill · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Is a drop in the bucket.

    The top 5 defense contractors all have larger revenues than NASA's entire budget. The US Army spent more on air conditioning tents and trailers in Iraq than NASA's entire annual budget.

    Want to fix NASA's budget? Actually give them one.

  13. Re:I hope I can opt out... on What Happens To Google Employees When They Die? · · Score: 1

    Great idea. After all, when you die your kids (for example) suddenly no longer require food.

  14. Showing ads to thieves on uTorrent Adds "Featured Torrents" Ads — With No Opt Out (Yet) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Interesting business model.

  15. Re:I'll Take.... on Former Goldman Sachs Programmer Arrested and Charged Again For Code Theft · · Score: 1

    It is an interesting situation.

    IIRC the State of Oklahoma going to use this tactic against Timothy McVeigh (---sucks cocks in Hell), but there was no need since the federal court imposed the death penalty.

  16. Re:Is "The Road" sci-fi? on Ask Slashdot: What's the Most Depressing Sci-fi You've Ever Read? · · Score: 1

    You've read "O Happy Day?" That is absolutely horrible. Basically follows the life of an extermination camp inmate who has been forced to dispose of the bodies.

    Oh yeah, they were only killing men. This was after a civil nuclear war, which they ended by drugging the water... which killed 99% of the surviving women.

  17. Is "The Road" sci-fi? on Ask Slashdot: What's the Most Depressing Sci-fi You've Ever Read? · · Score: 2

    Then that wins. McCarthy rules.

    Also "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream" is depressing.

    "The Forge of God" by Greg Bear.

    "O Happy Day" Geoff Ryman

    "Stars In My Pocket Like Grains of Sand" Chip Delany

  18. Re:Illegals already get deductions for kids in Mex on Identity Theft May Cost IRS $21 Billion Over Next 5 Years · · Score: 1

    Illegal immigrants file tax returns?

  19. Hey IRS, the Social Security Administration called on Identity Theft May Cost IRS $21 Billion Over Next 5 Years · · Score: 1

    ...they want their insecure ID number back.

  20. Re:Leave my keyboard alone! on Is It Time To End Our Love Affair With the QWERTY Keyboard? · · Score: 2

    Change the keyboard layout and it sure as hell WILL be broken.

  21. Re:I think they can reinvent themselves on Former Microsoft Exec: Microsoft Has "Become the Thing They Despised" · · Score: 1

    That's a good point - you can't kill a man born to hang or whatever that saying is.

  22. Re:Really? on Former Microsoft Exec: Microsoft Has "Become the Thing They Despised" · · Score: 1

    I agree with the original comment. Only a fool would think otherwise.

    Not that I like Microsoft, but to dismiss their work simply out of predjudice is silly.

  23. I think they can reinvent themselves on Former Microsoft Exec: Microsoft Has "Become the Thing They Despised" · · Score: 1, Interesting

    They still have a commanding market share in many areas - it will be interesting to see if they can pull of the reinvention that Apple did.

  24. Re:Without power? on After Recent US Storms, Why Are Millions Still Without Power? · · Score: 1

    >> NEED I SAY MORE

    Yes. You omitted the part about coming up witht he money for your solution.

  25. Re:'my spouse does not work' on Ask Slashdot: How Do I Stay Employable? · · Score: 1

    Check the price of child care before making such a statement.